The Queue Has been Blinded!

Blinded by Fashion is finished and in the submission queue! Hooray!

Writing a story from the perspective of a blind character was a bit of a challenge, in some surprising ways. Not being allowed to use visual descriptions meant I had to paint scenes using other senses, which I think has helped strengthen my scene building overall by forcing me to think about things in terms of texture, smell and sounds. One thing that really surprised me was how difficult it was to type dialogue for a blind character. I expected that to be the easiest part, since it was spoken words and all, but there are so many visual cues that go on during a conversation that I couldn't use with a blind character. I can't tell you how many times I tried to type, "Character X shook her head," or "Character Y shrugged," only to remember I couldn't do that because Rarity couldn't see them do it.

Overall, this little writing challenge has been a positive learning experience, and no matter how it ends up being received, I feel that I am a better writer now than I was before.

That said, I have a good feeling about this one, so I'll make you guys a deal: If Blinded by Fashion gets more than fifty likes, I will make happy pies for everyone.

Comments

[nemryn]

I suggest checking out McPoodle's Vinyl Scratch stuff.